The man suspected of attacking a cast member from HBO's award-winning series "The Sopranos" was arraigned yesterday on charges of aggravated assault in Central Judicial Processing Court in Jersey City.

Bail for the first-time offender was set at $5,000 cash, which Doumler, a Web site designer, posted last night.

Andrei Doumler, 40, of Jersey City, was arrested Friday in connection with the July 5 assault of Katalin Pota, who plays Anthony Soprano's maid, Lilliana Wosilius.

Doumler appeared briefly in CJP Court via video link as his attorney proposed a bail amount.

Hoboken actress and artist Pota, 39, sustained a broken right arm, lacerations to her face, legs and torso and torn ligaments in her knee when she intervened in a scuffle between Doumler and a friend outside her First Street art studio in Jersey City, where Doumler is a resident.

Police said the friend, William Putt, 54, had been in a scuffle with Doumler two months ago. Doumler had broken Putt's nose after asking why he was changing the locks to the loft, but Putt filed no criminal charges in the matter.

Last week, according to police, the man confronted Putt just before 1 a.m. and asked, "Aren't you the person I beat up last year?"

He then struck Putt, knocking him to the ground and continually kicked him. Trying to help Putt, Pota jumped on the man's back, but was kicked, punched, and then thrown down a flight of steps, reports indicated.

She and Putt stumbled to the nearby Doubletree Club Suites Hotel and called police. Pota had to undergo knee surgery at the Jersey City Medical Center.

Jersey City East District detectives made the arrest on Friday after piecing together tips.

Judge Richard Nieto ordered no contact between Doumler and Putt and Pota.